Flushing, N.Y. - With a second
chance against his in-state rival, Mississippi State freshman Romain Bogaerts
did not disappoint Friday, as the Huppaye, Belgium, native advanced to quarterfinal
play in the USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships with a big upset. He then
fell in the quarterfinals against the tournament's top seed.

Less than a month ago, Bogaerts
fell in a close decision to Ole Miss' fifth-ranked Nik Scholtz in the title
match of the USTA/ITA Southern Regional Championships in Auburn, Ala., giving
Scholtz his automatic bid to New York. However, in their rematch Friday,
Bogaerts came out hot, taking the first set 6-1. The two battled to a 3-3 tie
in the second set before Scholtz pushed ahead to force a final set.
Nevertheless, Bogaerts was determined to take victory this time, winning the
final set and taking the match 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.

With that win, Bogaerts advanced to
play the tourney's top seed in eighth-ranked Alex Domijan of Virginia. The two went
back and forth to start, before Domijan took the first set 6-4. MSU's freshman
called out a trainer prior to second set, deciding to continue play. Domijan
started off fast in the second and never looked back, taking the match from
Bogaerts 6-4, 6-0.

In quarterfinals doubles play Friday,
the No. 41 State duo of Jordan Angus and Malte Stropp took on Auburn's No. 24
and top-seeded team of Daniel Cochrane and Andreas Mies, a rematch from the
quarterfinals of the ITA All-American Championships earlier in the fall. The
Bulldog team pushed the Tigers to the edge, but could not claim victory as
Cochrane and Mies took the match 9-7.